CONSTRUCTION LAW

Title: Partner

Other legal specialties: OSHA law, including defense of citations and penalties issued by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry

Birthplace: Lynchburg but grew up in Appomattox

Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree with distinction, George Mason University School of Law

Spouse: Colleen Marston

Children: Luke Marston, William Marston

First job as a lawyer: Clerked for Senior United States District Judge J. Calvitt Clarke Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division

Fan of: All University of Virginia sports, but most recently the focus has been on men’s basketball. The road trip to Minneapolis with family and friends was a highlight of 2019 and of my U.Va. fandom.

Recently read books: “Bad Blood” by John Carreyrou; “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens; “The President is Missing” by James Patterson & Bill Clinton

Career mentors: Rudy Austin

What has been your most memorable construction case?  Representing a local wastewater treatment authority against an engineering firm in the late 1990s related to the design for the authority’s wastewater plant and obtaining, at that time, the largest civil verdict in the history of Montgomery County. The case presented highly technical issues that were challenging to present to the jury, but that made the outcome thatmuch more satisfying. The designer on the other side of the case had literally “written the book” on this design process, and I had the fun of reading that book to prepare for cross-examination. I think it surprised him that an attorney would actually do that.

Construction Law list

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Bruce Arkema
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Richmond

D. Stan Barnhill
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Stephen Brewer
Willcox Savage PC
Norfolk

Shannon Briglia
Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP
Tysons

Steven D. Briglia
BrigliaHundley PC
Tysons

Emily Canis Brown
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP
McLean

Kelly Bundy
Hirschler
Richmond

Kristan Burch
Kaufman & Canoles PC
Norfolk

W. Alexander Burnett
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Stefan Calos
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Brian Cashmere
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Joseph Cooch
Flora Pettit PC
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Robert K. Cox
Williams Mullen
Tysons

Michael Dingman
Reed Smith LLP
McLean

Mark Feldmann
Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte
Roanoke

Joseph Figueroa
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP
McLean

John Francisco
Woods Rogers PLC
Lynchburg

Christian Franklin
Parrish Snead Franklin Simpson PLC
Fredericksburg

David Gogal
Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

Sean Golden
O’Hagan Meyer PLLC
Richmond

Jesse B. Gordon
Pender & Coward PC
Virginia Beach

Shiva Hamidinia
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

James Harvey
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Christopher G. Hill
The Law Office of Christopher G. Hill PC
Glen Allen

Bryan Horn
FloranceGordonBrown PC
Richmond

Benjamin A. Hubbard
Pender & Coward PC
Virginia Beach

Joshua Johnson
Johnson, Rosen & O’Keeffe LLC
Roanoke

Herbert Kelly
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly PC
Newport News

Scott Kowalski
Petty, Livingston, Dawson & Richards PC
Lynchburg

William A. Lascara
Pender & Coward PC
Virginia Beach

Robert Loftus
McCandlish Lillard PC
Fairfax

Neil Lowenstein
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Christopher M. Malone
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

K. Brett Marston
Gentry Locke Attorneys
Roanoke

George Keith Martin
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Arnie Mason
Williams Mullen
Tysons

William R. Mauck Jr.
Spotts Fain PC
Richmond

Michael Montgomery
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
Richmond

R. Webb Moore
Hirschler
Richmond

Alison Mullins
Shannon Mullins & Wright LLP
Alexandria

Terence Murphy
Kaufman and Canoles PC
Norfolk

Mark C. Nanavati
Sinnott, Nuckols, Logan PC
Midlothian

John Owen
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond

Courtney Paulk
Hirschler
Richmond

Jack Rephan
Pender & Coward PC
Virginia Beach

W. Ryan Snow
Crenshaw Ware & Martin PLC
Norfolk

Gregory T. St. Ours
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

Nathaniel Story
Hirschler
Richmond

Stephen Test
Hourigan Construction Corp.
Virginia Beach

Brian Vella
Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC
Tysons

Charles E. Wall
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Washington, D.C.

Buckley Warden
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

William Watkins
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Spencer Wiegard
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Roanoke

John P. Williams
Protorae Law PLLC
Tysons

Thomas M. Wolf
Miles & Stockbridge PC
Richmond

Gibson S. Wright
McCandlish Holton PC
Richmond